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The quarry has been the object of protests against its impact on the environment and has had to appeal against planning application decisions because of the claimed derogation of river flows, groundwater abstractions and local springs due to historic dewatering associated with the quarry.
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16:Limestone quarry in Somerset, England
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922:Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
25:Western extension of Whatley Quarry.
1118:King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
103:Bristol and North Somerset Railway
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167:"Whatley Quarry ARC (Now Hanson)"
977:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
1072:Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
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1052:Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
142:"Whatley Quarry Geodiversity"
82:limestone forming an angular
1299:Quarries in the Mendip Hills
1210:Bath and North East Somerset
1047:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
892:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
726:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
215:Quarries of the Mendip Hills
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967:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
611:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
109:, to a junction with the
105:using trains operated by
1174:National Cycle Route 24
1108:Charterhouse Roman Town
1017:Kingdown and Middledown
746:Tyning's Barrow Swallet
146:Somerset County Council
111:Reading to Taunton Line
52:, near the village of
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1246:North Somerset Levels
1143:East Somerset Railway
721:St Cuthbert's Swallet
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1275:51.22965°N 2.38663°W
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1138:Cheddar Valley line
1133:Somerset Coal Canal
1098:Drove Cottage Henge
1067:Windsor Hill Quarry
907:Barns Batch Spinney
902:Banwell Ochre Caves
751:Upper Flood Swallet
741:Thrupe Lane Swallet
711:Shute Shelve Cavern
591:Banwell Ochre Caves
581:Axbridge Ochre Mine
425:Westbury-sub-Mendip
1280:51.22965; -2.38663
1128:Somerset Coalfield
997:Emborough Quarries
972:Cook's Wood Quarry
731:Stoke Lane Slocker
666:Manor Farm Swallet
571:Attborough Swallet
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987:Draycott Sleights
947:Cheddar Reservoir
937:Chancellor's Farm
761:Wookey Hole Caves
641:Goatchurch Cavern
631:Fairy Cave Quarry
601:Charterhouse Cave
547:Shute Shelve Hill
491:Litton Reservoirs
481:Cheddar Reservoir
86:, with extensive
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1032:Priddy Pools
1027:Priddy Caves
1007:Hobbs Quarry
952:Cheddar Wood
917:Bleadon Hill
912:Blagdon Lake
869:Windsor Hill
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829:Gurney Slade
706:Shatter Cave
681:Priddy Caves
676:Pierre's Pot
646:Gough's Cave
517:Bleadon Hill
476:Blagdon Lake
380:Rodney Stoke
300:Charterhouse
251:Mendip Hills
194:. Retrieved
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84:unconformity
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58:Mendip Hills
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1278: /
1236:Chew Valley
1159:Mendip Rail
1093:Cheddar Man
992:Ebbor Gorge
849:Moon's Hill
804:Cook's Wood
784:Callow Rock
779:Batts Combe
626:Ebbor Gorge
456:Cheddar Yeo
435:Wookey Hole
258:Settlements
107:Mendip Rail
1263:51°13′47″N
1164:Mendip Way
887:Asham Wood
854:Torr Works
824:Fairy Cave
696:Rhino Rift
616:Cox's Cave
564:and gorges
532:Fry's Hill
527:Crook Peak
512:Black Down
461:River Chew
410:Webbington
295:Burrington
196:2 February
175:2 February
151:2 February
128:References
50:Hanson plc
1266:2°23′12″W
1194:A371 road
1189:A368 road
1152:Transport
1113:Fosse Way
1022:Lamb Leer
834:Halecombe
819:Emborough
701:Rod's Pot
656:Lamb Leer
542:Purn Hill
466:River Yeo
451:River Axe
430:Winscombe
385:Rowberrow
315:Churchill
48:owned by
43:limestone
1293:Category
1220:Somerset
1203:Councils
1184:A39 road
1179:A37 road
799:Colemans
771:Quarries
756:W/L Cave
537:Pen Hill
390:Sandford
335:Draycott
270:Axbridge
209:See also
92:fissures
77:Jurassic
62:Somerset
38:ST731479
1081:History
864:Whatley
859:Viaduct
844:Holwell
814:Dulcote
789:Cloford
636:GB Cave
400:Shipham
370:Oakhill
305:Cheddar
290:Bleadon
285:Blagdon
275:Banwell
265:Ashwick
80:oolitic
66:England
56:on the
54:Whatley
375:Priddy
365:Litton
355:Hutton
345:Easton
46:quarry
1037:Perch
879:SSSIs
839:Hobbs
794:Cloud
562:Caves
500:Hills
415:Wells
405:Ubley
330:Cross
170:(PDF)
113:near
96:karst
41:is a
198:2007
177:2007
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